Hear that rustling noise? That's the sound of a million insecure junior execs opening their wallets simultaneously. Why? A new BlackBerry has just hit shelves. Reflecting RIM's new design philosophy, the 8800 sports a trackball, a full (yet crammed) ...

Beautiful display. Integrated GPS ideal for business travelers in new cities. Easy email setup wizard and full QWERTY keyboard means you're always connected to the office. Long battery life for such a large device.

No Wi-Fi or 3G web connection. Phone's shape makes gripping it awkward. Call quality is sometimes muddled. Media player seems like an afterthought. Non-intuitive menus make transferring music and video a pain. Those with sausage fingers will have ...

Despite its whimsical name, this dainty 112-gram shooter is infused with some pretty serious stuff. A frontside scroll wheel handles not only menu navigation and volume control, but also serves as a decent manual focus for the 5-megapixel, Schneider ...

Best shot rapidly snaps nine images. Bundled headphone adapter actually rocks a 3.5mm jack. Xenon flash great for low-light shoots. Useful menu shortcuts. World traveler's tool for converting currency, measurements, temperature and velocity

Funky, tiresome interface. Only 2 GB of external memory. Battery must be removed to insert Micro SD. Device literally buzzes with every touch of the screen. No 3 G and no WiFi. Touch icons have super small sweet spot. Lame stylus resembles a tiny mini ...

Where to begin? Apparently some folks liked the first enV-nothing wrong with that. Hideous, but comfortable to hold, the handset featured a spacious keyboard, and a slew of nifty features packed inside. The enV2 is apparently the end result of ...

Bluetooth. Vibrant interior screen. External microSD slot. Stereo speakers.

VZ Navigator (Pay me!), IMs as SMS (Pay me!), POP email (Pay me!) and the walled garden web "browser" (Pay me!) will jack up that monthly bill. No Wi-fi.

Image isn't everything. Beyond a solid Cyber-shot-branded cam, this tidy 118 gram candy bar comes chock full of sweet, easy-to-master programs that let you edit, remix and publish sharp pics and vid clips on the fly. In minutes, we whipped up a 45 ...

Truly pocket-size ; accelerometer allows quick-flips between landscape and portrait. Swift and seamless, on-the-go publishing to Blogger. Always-on headlight option for dim video shoots. BestPic takes rapid sequence of nine images - bonus: "best" ...

No optical zoom. Sluggish Auto Fix takes 30-45 seconds per pic. Snapping shots silences FM radio. No Wi-Fi, no GPS, no geocoded vaca pics. Neither a 3.5 mm nor a 2.5mm headhpone jack (better RFID that Sony FastPort set of earbuds!)

What RIM's aversion to 3G is we'll never figure out. With version 8120, RIM updates its beloved Pearl smartphone with Wi-Fi but still omits a 3G radio and, oddly, GPS, the latter of which can be found on both the 8110 and 8130. The shell is virtually ...

Camera upgraded to 2-megapixels plus flash and video capability. Software is somewhat better at word detection and correction; even works well with odd, multi-word URLs. Crazy loud speakerphone. Very sensitive mic offered exceptional call quality in ...

Pearl keyboard still not for everyone. Lack of 3G is absurd. No GPS.

Hey there's something you don't see on a cell phone every day: a split screen. Well sort of. Technically, LG's Venus handset has two screens: a 2-inch, 320 x 240-pixel LCD on the top half and a 1.5-inch, 176 x 240-pixel touchscreen anchoring the ...

Voice-prompted driving directions from Verizon's VZ Navigator are actually helpful ; we didn't get lost once. 2-megapixel camera yields surprisingly detailed images plus decent video capture. MicroSD slot located supports memory cards up to 8GB in ...

Call quality is sub par: our review model yielded a hiss in the background at the high volume levels. Phone's plastic housing feels as cheap as it looks

I've always loved Danger's line of fliptop two-thumbed smartphones, and this is easily the best one yet. At less than two pounds and 2.4 x 0.9 x 5.1 inches, it's far trimmer than the clunky Sidekick 3, and it's as handy as ever for emailing, IMing, ...

Uses standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, which works with all of my earbuds and headphones without requiring me to shell out for some stupid freaking adapter. (Do you catch my drift there, Apple?) The tactile feedback of the well-designed thumbboard still ...

No Wifi. MP3 player has just 120 megabytes of built-in memory. Cruddy non-intuitive interface. Speaker is tinny and fuzzy.

LG's black and silver beauty is one of the flagship phones for Verizon Wireless' V Cast mobile television service. The VX9400's main attraction is a vivid 2.2-inch screen that rotates 90 degrees so you can watch CSI the way it's meant to be viewed - ...

Friendly interface. Pleasant, rubbery feel. Sharp photos from 1.3-megapixel cam. Mobile TV looks crisp and clean - The Daily Show on the toilet? W00t

Cramped keypad. Weak speaker volume. TV antenna looks ridiculous when extended. No memory card or USB cable included. TV service available in limited areas ; signal can be inconsistent

The N95 is one of the most feature-packed phones money can buy. Its biggest asset is a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics for taking the sharpest, most vivid pics you'll get from a phone (though autofocus is quite slow). Also notable is the ...

Huge 2.6-inch screen. Records 30-fps video. Extras galore: 3.5-mm headphone jack, TV output connector, infrared port, Wi-Fi, GPS, FM radio, and 1-GB memory card

Fattest in this bunch (0.8 inch). Lags when you open media player. Standby mode saps battery charge. And you thought the first iPhones were expensive

After a somewhat lukewarm response to the original Chocolate, LG returns with an update. The successor is a better-looking piece of plastic (though decidedly still plastic), and the sucky touch-sensitive navigation pad has been replaced by a more ...

Handy sliding unlock button. Loud, clear speakerphone. Smart upgrades (like a relocated speakerphone key). V Cast music and video access

Chubby (0.7-inch). Three-hour talk time. BYO memory card and USB cable. It's a fingerprint magnet